Intro
C# C#
[Chorus]
C# F#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G#
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
G# C#
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C# F#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G#
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
G# C#
Even with someone they love
[Verse 1]
C# F#
A# cowboy ain't easy to love and he's harder to hold
G# C#
He'd rather give you a song than silver or gold
C#
Budwiser buckles and soft faded Wrangler's
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And each night begins a new day
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If you can't understand him and he don't die young
G# C#
He'll probably just ride away
[Chorus]
C# F#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G#
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
G# C#
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C# F#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G#
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
G# C#
Even with someone they love
[verse 2]
C# F#
A# cowboy like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
G# C#
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
C#
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do
F#
Sometimes won't know how to take him
F# G#
He ain't wrong, he's just different and his pride won't let him
G# C#
Do things to make you think he's right
[Chorus]
C# F#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
G#
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
G# C#
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
C# F#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys